field force of 19 @ , @ 000 regulars organised into a brigade of three infantry battalions with armoured support , serving alongside a part @ - @ time force of 50 @ , @ 000 men in the citizen military forces . the australian regular army was subsequently formed on 30 september 1947 , while the cm ##f was re @ - @ raised on 1 july 1948 . in the immediate post @ - @ war period australia contributed significant forces to the allied occupation of japan as part of the british commonwealth occupation force ( bc ##of ) , which included forces from australia , britain , india and new zealand . at its height in 1946 the australian component consisted of an infantry brigade
field force of 19 @, @ 000 regulars organised into a brigade of three infantry battalions with armoured support, serving alongside a part @ - @ time force of 50 @, @ 000 men in the citizen military forces. the australian regular army was subsequently formed on 30 september 1947, while the cmf was re @ - @ raised on 1 july 1948. in the immediate post @ - @ war period australia contributed significant forces to the allied occupation of japan as part of the british commonwealth occupation force ( bcof ), which included forces from australia, britain, india and new zealand. at its height in 1946 the australian component consisted of an infantry brigade